Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

Friedrich Merz, the front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to push an ...

Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to enlist the far right in pressuring the German government to tighten migration laws has upended the campaign three weeks before general elections.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly criticized her successor Friedrich Merz for collaborating with the far-right ...

Altkanzlerin Angela Merkel hat sich in den Wahlkampf eingemischt und ihren christdemokratischen Parteifreund Friedrich Merz kritisiert, der im Bundestag mit den Stimmen der AfD eine strikte ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed into Germany's contentious election campaign, criticizing fellow Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz over his decision to force through a hard-line immigration ...

The front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has faced criticism for accepting support from the ...

Posters of Friedrich Merz, the centre-Right election frontrunner ... discontent with Mr Merz’s predecessor, Chancellor Angela Merkel, who welcomed a million asylum seekers and migrants into ...

Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz ... of the way by party rival Angela Merkel. He may never have held ...

Friedrich Merz is the leader of the conservative Christian ... Merz represents the same party as former chancellor Angela Merkel, who for many years encouraged immigration. In a speech in 2015 ...

BERLIN: Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, leading in the race to become ... by breaking with former Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration-friendly centrism, he could "halve" the far right in ...